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Brooks Takenaka Assistant General Manager United Fishing Agency 1131 North Nimitz Highway, Honolulu; 808-536-2148M The Honolulu Fish Auction begins at 5:30 a.m. and continues until the last tuna is sold. More than 28 million pounds of fish go through the auction every year, much of it inspected by Brooks Takenaka, who grew up in a... View Article

What have you learned in the four years you have been taping Hell’s Kitchen in the United States? This season has been the most competitive. It’s very exciting, because the contestants are really raising their game. I focus on the talent—I go through the first few weeks and then I get rid of the inevitable... View Article

After watching him travel the world on Animal Planet and on Food Network’s new series, Extreme Cuisine with Jeff Corwin, some might expect the adventurer to return home to a world of modern conveniences. Not so. Corwin, his wife, Natasha, and their daughters, Maya and Marina, live on a 22-acre island off the Massachusetts shore.... View Article

Have a conversation with the chatty creator of the award-winning sitcom The Office, and it can be hard to distinguish the truth from a clever zinger. With the release of his new film, The Invention of Lying, on September 25, fans and movie audiences alike can see for themselves. “I’m a loser,” Gervais says of... View Article

B. K. Matlick Chocolate consultant After stints in college, in the Navy, and on a dairy farm, B. K. Matlick had the good luck to take a job at Hershey just before the price of cocoa beans shot up due to their scarcity. The company dispatched him to Central America, where he helped develop 500... View Article

Anne-Sophie Pic Chef, Pic 285 avenue Victor Hugo, Valence, France; 011-33-4-75-44-15-32; pic-valence.com Anne-Sophie Pic is a rebel. Her father—and his father before him—earned three Michelin stars for Pic restaurant, but for years she chose not to follow in their footsteps. When she finally did, Anne-Sophie won three Michelin stars as well. Here, she takes time... View Article

The host and executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC has come a long way from being a scrawny class clown carrying a Fonzie lunch box (often filled with great leftovers, like linguine with crab). When he’s not interviewing celebrities, Kimmel is happy to scout out new restaurants, peruse favorite cookbooks (his bedside reading... View Article

In her new movie, Julie & Julia, the actress takes to the kitchen as Julie Powell, a frustrated government employee whose life changes when she vows to cook and blog about all the recipes in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking. We caught up with the Oscar-nominated star to ask about her own... View Article

The Desperate Housewives actor splits his time between New York and L.A. with his wife (entertainment executive Desiree Gruber) and one-year-old son, and makes wine in his home state of Washington. MacLachlan released his first vintage, a Cabernet Sauvignon blend, in 2005. The name of his label, Pursued by Bear, refers to a stage direction... View Article

Tanya Cauthen Belmont Butchery; 15 North Belmont Avenue, Richmond, Virginia; 804-422-8519 Swiss-trained chef and master butcher Cauthen, founder of Belmont Butchery in Richmond, realized that there was a lack of quality meat options for consumers in her adopted hometown. So she opened a charming butcher shop that not only provides a superior product but also... View Article